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madaboutharry

(40,209 posts)
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 01:03 PM Apr 2021

Dr. Fowler is an unctuous arrogant snob.

He is under the belief that because he says something with a British accent that saying something stupid is no longer a stupid thing to say.

He is the kind of witness that actually can provoke feelings of deep annoyance in a jury.

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Deminpenn

(15,286 posts)
2. It would be hilarious if on cross-examination
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 01:09 PM
Apr 2021

the DA asked him if he would be willing to lie on the floor for 9.5 minutes with a 40lb weight (25% of 140lbs+20lbs gear) on his neck, his hands behind his back and two other people holding his legs since he apparently believes only 23% of Chauvin's weight was on Floyd's neck and no caused no problem.

Vinca

(50,269 posts)
3. To listen to him you'd think George Floyd was just having a normal, ho hum day.
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 01:10 PM
Apr 2021

Carbon monoxide from the tail pipe? No problem. Chauvin's weight on his neck? Much ado about nothing. The prosecution is going to rip this character a new one.

Raven

(13,890 posts)
4. Yeah, I'm annoyed. And what is with the car exhaust business? I missed some of
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 01:12 PM
Apr 2021

this guy's testimony but Floyd wouldn't have inhaled cm if he wasn't being held down next to the cruiser tailpipe.

Jim__

(14,075 posts)
5. I think Nelson asked him too many questions.
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 01:15 PM
Apr 2021

Now he's claiming that there was not a gradual stopping of function. That's visible on video. He just gave the prosecution the ability to rebut his claims with the videos.

Deminpenn

(15,286 posts)
6. Agree, Nelson is really getting too hung up on the CO2
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 01:18 PM
Apr 2021

stuff. Everyone has been in situations where you are inhaling a good amount of car/truck exhaust like traffice jams or chit-chatting with someone in a parking lot, etc.

Claire Oh Nette

(2,636 posts)
9. Shifty and nervous
Wed Apr 14, 2021, 02:36 PM
Apr 2021

I'm watching him wait for the Prosecutor's cross. He's looking around, shifting in his seat, shifting his eyes back and forth, looking like a kid waiting for his turn in the principal's office.

The Black prosecutor.

And in one question, Fowler's not credible.

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